Mechanical movement.



No. 703,396. Patented July I, 1902.

H. H. FEFEL.

MECHANICAL MOVEMENT.

- (Application filed Oct. 80, 1901.)

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H. H. FEFEL;

MECHANICAL MOVEMENT.

( Application filed Oct. 30, 1901.

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UNlTED STATES:

PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY H. FEFEL, F NEW YORK, N. Y., A's'sIcNOR, rME'sNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO NEW Y RILPITTsBURGH MANUFACTURING COMPANY, on NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK. I I

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sPE'oImoATIonrorming. m of. Letters Patent No.1'7O3,396, dated Ji11y,1,1902;

- Application filed mm so, 1901. satin M80515. (N0 model.)

To all whomfit 1mm concern: Beitknown that I, HENRY I-LFEFEL, a citizen of the United States, residing inthe borough of Bronx, in the city and State 'of New York, have invented certain new and useful. Improvements in Mechanical Movements, ofz which the following is a specification. The subject of this invention is a mechan-:

ical movement by which multiplied rotary motion is transmitted from a driving-shafttoi a driven shaft and all inequality of motion due to the passage of cranks over their dead centers is eliminated. L i To this end the invention consists inthe combination of a driving-shaft, a radiallygrooved trainmel disk carried thereby, a crank-shaft driven by the engagement of its wrist in a radial groove of the trammel-disk,i and a supplementary crank-shaft likewise- 2o driven by the trammel-disk and coupled to the first driven shaft by cranks and a con necting-rod, so as to serve as an intermediary and supplementary device for transmitting power from the trammel-disk to the primary driven shaft. The grooves in the trammeldisk in which the driving-cranks of the two driven shafts respectively engage being at an angle to each other, it results that the driven shafts mutually cooperate to carry their respective driving-cranks over their dead-centers with perfectly-uniform rotation, as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings,'Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portionof the driving shaft, the trammel-disk, and the coupled shafts driven thereby, showing in section a casing in which the trammel-disk and driving-cranks are mounted. Fig. 2 isa vertical transverse section on the line2 2, Fig. 1, showing the casingalso in section or the front wall thereoffremoved, so as to expose the face of, the 'radiallygrooved trammeldisk and the driving {cranks operatedthereby. Fig. 3 isasideelevation-showing a modification. Fig. 4 is an end view of the same, showingth'e driven shaft in section. Fig. 5 is a face View of the trammel, showing slides working in the grooves thereof and in section the wrist-pins carried by said slides.

1 represents a portion of the primary driviug-shaft or engine-shaft, and 16 one of the fixed bearings thereof.

2 represents the trammel-disl ,mounted rigidly onthe end of the driving-shaft 1, and 3 3 diametrical grooves in the face of the said disk, crossing one another at right angles.

a represents the primary driven crankdial-groove 30f the trammel-disk.

, 8" represents a second crankshaft, 9 its driv- .ing-crank, and 10 the wrist-pin thereon having an antifriction-roller 11 mounted thereon and traveling in the groove 3, which extends across the face of the trammel-disk 2 at right angles to the groove 3.

The crank-shafts 4 and 8 are provided with parallel cranks 12 and 12, which are coupled together by a connecting-rod l3, constructed with a right and left screw connection 14 for adjusting the length of the rod to bring the cranks 12. and 12 into parallelism. Jamnuts .15 15 on the right and left screw 14: fix the said screw in any position. of adjustment.

17 17 represent inner fixed bearings of the respective.crank-shafts 4 and S, and 18 18 outer fixed bearings of the same. The trammel-disk 2 and the driving-cranks 5 and 9 of the crank-shafts are inclosed in a casing,19, So

which is supplied with oil, inwhich the lower edge of the trammel-disk may be immersed .to any desirable depth, so as to supply constant lubrication to the radial grooves 3 3 of the trammel-diskand the crank-pin rollers 7 11 working therein.

1 In order to insure more perfect equalityin speed of rotation of the shaft 4, I prefer to couple the shafts 4 and 8 by a second pair of parallel cranks 2O 20'" and adjustable con- .necting-rod 21, as shown in Figs, 3 and 4 of the drawings, the cranks 20 and 20 on the force transmitted to the driven crank-shaft 4: too

by the intermediary crank-shaft 8 is thereby equalized in all parts of the rotation.

Figs. 3, 4, and 5 also illustrate the use of slides 22 23, traveling in the grooves 3 3 of the trammel-disk, and in which the wrist-pins 6 and 10 of the respective driving-cranks 5 and 9 are pivoted as a substitute for the antifriction-rollers 7 and 11 on said wrist-pins.

Operation: From the above description it will be apparent that the trammel-diskrotating in the direction indicated by the arrow a, Fig. 2, will carry the wrist-pin 6 of the driving-crank 5 in the circle indicated in the dotted line and in the direction indicated by the arrow b, the said crank-pin G traversing the groove 3 completely across the face of the trammel-disk and making two circuits in every complete revolution of the trammeldisk, so that the crank-shaft 4 is driven at a speed double that of the driving or engine shaft 1. In like manner the wrist-pin 10 of the crank 9 of the secondary crank-shaft 8 is carried by the groove 3 in the face of the trammel-disk in the circle indicated by the dotted line and in the direction shown by the arrow c, imparting two complete revolutions to the shaft 8 at every revolution of the engineshaft 1. It will further appear that while the crank-shaft 4 is driven directly by the trammel-disk, the two crank-shafts 4 and 8 being coupled together by their parallel cranks 12 12 and connecting-rod 13, the secondary crank-shaft 8 acts as an intermediary and supplementary device for transmitting power from the'trammel-disk 2 tothe primary driven shaft 4,and the groove 3, which drives the crank 9, being at right angles to the groove 3, by which the crank 5 of the shaft4 is driven, and the coupled cranks 12 12 being at an angle to the respective driving-cranks 5 and 9 the crank-shafts mutually cooperate, each carrying the other over the deadcenters, which would otherwise occur in the driving movement between the trammel-disk and the respective driving-cranks 5 and 9. The second pair of parallel coupling-cranks 2O 20, connected by the rod 21, being mounted on the respective shafts 4 and 8 at an angle, preferably a i'ight angle, to the coupling-cranks 12 and 12 serve to transmit rotative force from the shaft 8 to the shaft 4 while the first pair of coupling-cranks 12 12 are least effective. By this means the smooth, even, and uniform rotation of the shafts is further promoted.

While the primary purpose of my invention is for driving propellers of boats and vessels of every class, it is not limited to this purpose or use, but is valuable for many other purposes where it is desired to transmit rotary movement with multiplied speed and to completely eliminate any loss of power or inequality of motion resulting from the operation of cranks in passing their deadcenters.

While I have described my invention as ap plied to the rotation of a driven shaft 4 at i11- creased speed from a driving-shaft 1, it is apparent that the shaft 4 may constitute the driving-shaft and 1 the driven shaft, to which rotation is imparted at reduced speed.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent;

1. The combination of a driving-shaft, a radially-grooved trammel-disk carried thereby; a pair of crank shafts each having a driving-crank engaging by its wrist-pin in one of the radial grooves of the trammel-disk; coupling-cranks on said crank-shafts; and a connecting-rod mounted at its ends on the coupling-cranks of the respective crank-shafts, whereby one of said crank-shafts through which power may be transmitted is driven directly by the trammel-disk and the second crankshaft acts as an intermediary driving device between thetrammel-disk and the primary driven shaft.

2. The combination of a driving-shaft; a radially-grooved trammel-disk carried thereby; a pair of crank-shafts having drivingcranks whose wrist-pins engage in grooves of different diameters of the tram mel-disk; parallel cranks on the respective crank-shafts; and a rod connecting said parallel cranks, whereby the coupled crank-shafts are driven continuously from the trammel-disk and deadcenters avoided, as explained.

3. The combination of the driving-shaft 1; a radially-grooved trammel-disk 2 mounted thereon; a shaft 4, through which power may be transmitted, having a crank 5 engagingin a groove 3 of the trammel-disk so that said shaft will be driven directly from the trammel-disk; a second crank-shaft 8, having a crank 9 engaging with a groove 3 of the trammel-disk on a different diameter from that by which the first crank-shaft is driven; parallel cranks 12, 12 on the shafts 4 and 8; and a connecting-rod 13 between said cranks; whereby the second crank-shaft 8 serves as an intermediary and supplementary driving device between the trammel-disk 2 and crank shaft 4, as explained.

4. The combination of the driving-shaft 1; a radially-grooved trammel-disk 2, mounted thereon; a shaft 4, through which power may be transmitted, having a crank 5 driven by engagement in a groove 3 of the trammeldisk; a second crank-shaft 8 also having a crank 9, drivenby engagement in a groove of the trammel-disk; and two pairs of coupling-cranks 12, 12 and 20, 20, mounted respectively at different angles on the shafts 4 and 8, and connected by rods 13 and 21; whereby the second crank-shaft 8 acts as an intermediary and supplementary driving device between the trammel-disk and the primary driven shaft 4 and operates thereon with uniform rotative force, as described.

HENRY.H. FEFEL.

lVitnesses:

WM. E. KNIGHT, J. GREEN.

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